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THE new and more infectious variant of Covid-19 has been detected on the outskirts of Chester, according to researchers. The Covid-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium sampled cases around the UK and found a case of the mutant strain in the village of Burton, near Dutton. A case has also been detected just over the border in Wrexham. The new variant – named VUI-202012/01 – led to London and parts of southern and eastern England being rushed into the new Tier 4 regime at the weekend, effectively cancelling Christmas plans and imposing measures similar to previous national lockdowns. ...

PATIENT X New Covid strain ‘started with one patient in Kent amid fears it’s triggered explosive outbreaks in schools’ Vanessa Chalmers, Digital Health Reporter 23 Dec 2020, 15:41 Updated: 23 Dec 2020, 15:42 THE new strain of Covid most likely evolved in one patient in Kent, scientists believe. And they fear the variant gripping the UK is the cause of “explosive” outbreaks of cases in schools and care homes. 4 Professor Neil Ferguson said experts were looking closely at whether the new strain has caused outbreaks in schools, care homes and hospitalsCredit: PA:Press Association 4 It...

Will vaccines work on the South African variant? Taking the same position as she did on the first variant, Dr Hopkins said there is no evidence to suggest the Pfizer/BioNTech jab rolling out in the UK will not work on the South African one. "There is strong evidence that the vaccine will work. The vaccine produces a strong immune response - and it's broad and acts against lots of variations in the virus," she said. A member of the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG), Professor Robert Dingwall, also believes the vaccine would work. He told Sky News ...

THE mutant strain of Covid-19 has been identified on our area, according to data by the COG-UK monitoring group.  According to research by the group, the variant has been identified in Cleckheaton, among a number of other places across the UK, as shown below. Where the new variant has been identified However, there are warnings that it's likely the new variant has already spread more widely than this.  Professor John Wright, an epidemiologist based at the Bradford Royal Infirmary, said there are low levels in Bradford, and Yorkshire has some of the lowest levels in the UK, with ...